Why did you lead me here today, Lord? Is it because I spent most of yesterday soaking in the terrible, wonderful Truth of Your Cross? The place of the most horrific death ever, 2000+ years ago... now, the most beautiful symbol in the whole Universe? "He has appeared once for all at the culmination of...
How could running out of gas end up filling me to overflowing, Lord??? We had everything we needed yesterday... or so we thought. A beautiful day. A favorite get-away. A heart for adventure! A bait bucket full of live shrimp. A stash of cold waters. A tube of sun block. A couple of wide-brimmed hats....
Sometimes, you just know. You know you are lost... and there is no way home. There is no "home" You know you are broken... and you can't be fixed. There is no "whole." You know you are caught... and there is no way out. There is no "way." But then... Suddenly, gradually, impossibly, wonderfully... You KNOW you are...
We were fishing today in one of our favorite places in the whole world. The weather was beautiful. The whole setting was so peaceful. A sanctuary of Your design. Breathtaking. It didn't matter that we were not catching a single fish. We were fishing for fun. I saw others there fishing for survival. An osprey...
It's 11:58 PM. Almost midnight. Another day about to end. Nothing to write.100-105 dumps Waiting... Listening... Nothing heard. Is this like a watched pot that never boils? [Deep sigh.] Tomorrow is another day. If You're willing, that is. "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are...
Sometimes, there are no words to say. There is just me... and You. Just longing... and Loving. Just being... and Knowing. Just two... becoming One. Sometimes... like Now. Now... and Forever. Lost... no, Found. In the Silence... In the Stillness... Where emptiness is Filled... And darkness Flees... And joy Finds... Home. Abba's Girl
There are concealed weapons and Revealed Weapons... aren't there, Lord? I did something today I never imagined I would ever do. I completed a firearms safety training course! It consisted of two parts -- classroom instruction and hands-on shooting range practice. For the first time in my life, I held a handgun and fired 6...
Why is the shower such a place of revelation, Lord? Are there "pores" in the mind that somehow become unclogged, even as the body's pores are scrubbed clean? Are there moments, of Your choosing, when You actually change our deep well water into Living Water out of Your well that is deeper still? It's a mystery. All...
A wounded warrior... made whole. That's who I met tonight. A law enforcement officer who faces danger every day in the line of duty. A public servant who risks his life to protect others. Survivor of a life-threatening attack by an enemy that operates by stealth. Cancer. He told his story tonight to those who had...
What do I know about INTIMACY, Lord? As one whose innocence was taken from her at a tender age, I became "fluent" in another language altogether. A language that had no such word to convey the essence of a close, familiar, affectionate, loving, personal relationship with another. My fluent "Heart Speak" embodied, instead, the essence of...
